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With Paul Guinery.
Sheppard In pace in idipsum
7.08 Dowland Lachrimae antiquae pavane
7.14 Landowski Première legon de tenebres
7.29 Lupo Ardo , si (Prima parte); Ardi et gela (Seconda parte)
7.35 Bach, an Moscheles Prelude in C minor; Prelude in C ("48", Bk I)
7.42 Landowski Deuxi ème leçon de tenebres
8.00 Shalom Alelcheml
Alex Knapp concludes his exploration of Jewish religious music. 7: Passover
Pasach begins next week with the first Seder service on Wednesday night. The special Haggadah text, chanted at the two Seder services held traditionally in the home, has inspired thousands of melodies.
8.25 Messiaen Les
Offrandes oubliées
8.37 Landowski Troisième leçon de tenebres Producer Antony Pitts

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Guinery.
Unknown:
Lupo Ardo
Unknown:
Landowski Deuxi
Unknown:
Shalom Alelcheml
Unknown:
Alex Knapp
Producer:
Antony Pitts

Vaughan Williams Overture: The Wasps

9.20 Artist of the Week: Dawn Upshaw (soprano)

Haydn On Mighty Wings (Creation, Part II)

9.30 Bach, arr Walton Suite: The Wise Virgins

9.51 Telemann Flute Sonata No 1 in G minor

10.00 Verdi Stabat mater (Four Sacred Pieces)

10.12 Paganini Moto perpetuo in C

10.17 Suk Fantastic Scherzo

10.34 Berlioz, transcr Liszt March to the Scaffold (Symphonie fantastique)

10.40 Anon Trip and Go Hey

10.48 Tippett Concerto for double string orchestra

11.15 Brahms Waltzes, Op 39 Nos 10-16

11.23 Johann Strauss (son) Acceleration Waltz

11.32 Composer of the Week: Schubert Die Nachtigall; Wein und Liebe

11.46 Martinu Symphony No 2

Contributors

Presenter:
Brian Kay
Producer:
Piers Burton-Page

Five programmes exploring the current relationship between American and British poetry through the work of poets who have crossed the Atlantic. Today, Simon Armitage travels to America to talk to Paul Muldoon
, who runs the creative writing programme at Princeton University in New Jersey. How has the move to America from
Belfast nine years ago affected his writing? Producer Susan Roberts

Contributors

Unknown:
Simon Armitage
Unknown:
Paul Muldoon
Producer:
Susan Roberts

The series of highlights from the centenary season ends with a concert by the BBC Philharmonic.
Berio Shofar
BBC Singers, conductor Simon Joly
Mahler Symphony No 2 (Resurrection)
Rosa Mannion (soprano) Jean Rigby (mezzo)
Brighton Festival Chorus Edinburgh Festival Chorus BBC Philharmonic, conductor Charles Mackerras
Rpt

Contributors

Conductor:
Simon Joly
Soprano:
Rosa Mannion
Soprano:
Jean Rigby
Conductor:
Charles MacKerras

The lute was brought to Europe during the Moorish occupation of Spain and remained one of the most popular and versatile instruments in Western music until the 18th century. George Pratt's guest Christopher Wilson traces its rise and fall, with music from the Middle Ages, the Golden Age in England and Spain, and the Italian Renaissance. (Rpt)

Contributors

Unknown:
George Pratt
Unknown:
Christopher Wilson

Recorded in the Chapel of St John's College, Cambridge.
Cambridge Hymn: All glory, laud and honour
Reading from An Evil
Cradling by Brian Keenan
Gospel: Mark 14, w 32-50 Nolo mortem peccatoris (Morley)
Unser Herr Jesus Christus (Schutz)
Hymn: O sacred head, sore wounded
Reading: Jeremiah 20, W 7-11
Gospel: Matthew 27, w 11-26
Vexilla regis (Bruckner) A Litany (Walton)
Steal away (arr Tippett)
Hymn: When I survey the wondrous cross (descant: Guest)
Readings from The Coming by R S
Thomas Psalm 22, w 1-22
Gospel: John 19, w 16-42 0 King of the Friday (Grier) Prayer to the Father of Heaven (Vaughan Williams) Gospel: Mark 16, w 1-8 Organ voluntary: Chorale
Prelude An Wasserflussen
Babylon, BWV 653 (Bach) Director of music
Christopher Robinson.
Organ student Allan Walker.

Contributors

Director of music:
Christopher Robinson.
Unknown:
Allan Walker.

A new radio version of the Samuel Beckett play first performed in New York in 1961. Winnie is buried up to the waist and seems likely to be sucked down even further into the earth.
Her bright chatter keeps Nemesis at bay, but for how long?
A Catherine Bailey production

Contributors

Author:
Samuel Beckett
Winnie:
Geraldine McEwan
Willie:
Clive Swift
Narrator:
Phil Daniels
Director:
Peter Wood
Producer:
Catherine Bailey

Handel Brockes Passion
Brian Wright presents Handel's early setting of the Passion story in a performance given last year in St George's, Hanover Square, as part of the London Handel Festival.
London Handel Choir and Orchestra/Denys Darlow
Producer Antony Pitts

Contributors

Unknown:
Handel Brockes
Unknown:
Brian Wright
Producer:
Antony Pitts
Evangelist:
Ian Partridge (tenor)
Jesus:
Michael George (bass)
Daughter of Zion:
Lorna Anderson (sop)
Mary/Believer:
Jeni Bern (sop)
Judas/Believer:
Tobias Cole (countertenor)
Peter:
Charles Daniels (tenor)
Pilate/Centurion/Believer:
David Thomas (bass)

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